We spoke to one of Germany’s leading experts on antisemitism about the “unbelievable” attacks he’s faced for defending Die Linke – and why he’s not backing down.
Wolfgang Benz has made the study of antisemitism his life’s work. He spent more than two decades as director of the Centre for Research on Antisemitism at Technische Universität Berlin, and his books have traced the history of antisemitism, its development under National Socialism, and its legacy today. He has also, in recent weeks, become the subject of fierce criticism in the German press, for the simple reason that he does not believe Die Linke, as a collective, can accurately be described as antisemitic.
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